Archive for December, 2012

Fried Oysters-Homemade

Fried oysters

Start with the freshest, plumpest oysters you can find.

 

Then lightly and gently coat them with corn flour.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Be sure not to squeeze them too tight. Then heat some canola oil in a large skillet. Make sure the oil is pretty hot (you can test it by putting just one in first to make sure it sizzles)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Fry until a golden brown and turn. Then once they are browned on both sides you can scoop them out onto a paper towel to drain.

Serve with a spicy cocktail sauce and/or a good tarter sauce.

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Salad

Salad

This is a wonderfully colorful salad that will be sure to please everyone!

Ingredients:

  • Lettuce: some romain and/or organic baby greens
  • burpless cucumber (the long thin kind)
  • 1 avacado (peeled and chopped)
  • 1 ripe tomato or several grape tomatoes
  • 1 celery stalk (sliced)
  • 1 carrot (peeled and sliced)
  • fresh blue cheese or fresh feta cheese (optional)

Wash and dry the lettuce if it has not been pre-washed

Break the lettuce and put it into the bowl

sprinkle the chopped vegetables over the lettuce

Serve with your favorite dressing!

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Homemade Chocolate Peanut Candies

holiday candy homemade

 

 

These Chocolate Peanut candies make a wonderful holiday gift.
It is really nice to present a friend or family member with something that
you have handmade and these little treats are very tasty too!

The hardest part of making these is putting the boxes together! I’m serious. They come flat in the package and it’s very difficult to pull them open and fold without tearing them.

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Ingredients and packaging:

  • Candy Melts, light and/or dark chocolate (you can find these at Michaels or any cake and candy supply store)
  • Planters Unsalted Dry Roasted Peanuts (they must be unsalted or the chocolate won’t stick)
  • Candy cups (also found at Michaels or a cake and candy supply store)
  • Candy boxes
  • Stickers to seal the boxes

Melt one pack of the candy melts in a double boiler (or in a pot inside another pot with water underneath as shown in the photos)

Pour the peanuts into the melted chocolate (just mix them in until it is mostly peanuts and not much loose chocolate left)

Immediately spoon into little candy cups on a cookie tray being careful not to fill too full so they will fit properly in the boxes.

Chill in refrigerator or outside (weather permitting) for about an hour. Put them into the boxes and seal the boxes shut with the stickers.

chocolate peanut candies

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Coconut Curry Shrimp

Coconut Curry Shrimp

Coconut Curry Shrimp is a scrumptious dinner!

This recipe is a rendition of a recipe that my daughter’s mother-in-law makes. Unfortunately there isn’t an Asian market anywhere near where I live so I have to improvise. It will be acceptable to improvise and still be tasty but if you can get some

the ingredients at the Asian market I’m sure it will be worth a trip.

1 1/2 pounds of the best and largest fresh shrimp you can find (try a local seafood specialty store instead of the grocery store. You’ll pay more but it’s well worth it!)

Lemongrass (if you can’t find fresh try getting the tube in the produce section)

2 fresh chili peppers (you can use dried if you can’t find fresh)

Fish sauce (optional)

Oyster sauce (optional)

Red curry paste (You can get a recipe here) or watch Endang in the video below explain how she makes it

FRESH IS ALWAYS BEST! So try to get everything you can at your Asian market!

 

 

 

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Here is the video I shot of Endang making this wonderfully tasty dish:

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Homemade Peanut Butter Cups

homemade candies

Homemade Peanut Butter Cups
These are always a favorite!

  • 2 Cups Graham cracker crumbs (I prefer the Nabisco Honey Maid. You can get them already crushed in a box in the baking section of the store)
  • 2 Sticks Butter
  • 3/4 lb. Confectioners Sugar
  • 1 Cup Peanut butter

nestle chocolate chipsnabisco honey maid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Melt butter in a saucepan over very low heat, then add remaining ingredients.

Press flat onto bottom of cookie sheet

cookies and candy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  • Melt 12 oz. semi sweet chocolate chips (I use Nestle) in a double boiler or over extremely low heat (do NOT burn)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Pour over the top of the mixture on the sheet. Chill for 1 hr. then cut into squares-Keep refrigerated until ready to serve.

I use a pizza wheel to cut them and a spatula to scoop them out after they are completely chilled.

 

 

 

 

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